The LiquidMetrix Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Report provides summary statistics of overall trading performance
for a set of client orders against industry standard benchmarks and some unique LiquidMetrix measures. Summary
aggregate tables give breakdowns in performance for all orders for a particular client, a specific day or those
executed by a particular Broker enabling an in-depth analysis of execution performance.

An example TCA Report is shown below together with the LiquidMetrix calculation methodologies used.

Benchmark Prices

The results shown in the LiquidMetrix Transaction Cost Analysis report are calculated by comparing prices achieved by
each Order with market prices and liquidity about the time of the Order. More specifically:

The individual Trade Fills of Parent Orders are compared with lit order book liquidity
(bids and offers on lit venues) at the time of each fill. Based on this, an assessment
is made of whether the price of each Fill achieved the best possible price available
in the market at that time. The benchmark used for this assessment is the price
that would have been achieved by sending a single aggressive order with the same
volume as the Trade Fill in question to the best lit venue at the time of the Fill.

Overall performance of the Parent Order is based on an assessment of the average
price achieved by the Parent Order with various metrics measured over the lifetime
of the Order. These metrics include 'Implementation Shortfall' type measures based
on the Arrival Price of the order and 'VWAP' type measures that compare the average
price achieved in the market around the time of the Parent Order.

Results shown in this report are a combination of 'Trade Fill' level and 'Parent
Order' level benchmarking.

Details by Section

Trading Summary Section

Value Traded: The sum of all the notional values of all orders in the reporting
period.
(Bought):[Optional] The sum of all Buy Orders in the reporting period.
(Sold):[Optional] The sum of all Sell Orders in the reporting period.

Number Of Orders(fills):Number of distinct orders (fills) analysed.

Average Order Size (Average Fill Size):Average notional value of each order
(fill). 

Book Spread (depth/touch):This is calculated by measuring, at the exact instant
of each trade fill, the on-book bid/offer spread of the lit venue with the tightest
spread. These values are averaged over all trades (weighted by trade value). This
measure gives an indication if the trades are in liquid, low spread stocks (small
number) or less liquid, high spread stocks (larger number). The value 'at touch'
means that top of the book bid/offer spreads are used. The value 'at depth' means
that the size of each fill is taken into account and spreads are based on 'matching
down' the lit order book.

Distinct Instruments:Number of distinct ISIN/CCY instruments for which trades
are included in this report. 

Average Trade Duration:Average time (in hours) from the first fill to last
fill over all orders. 

Execution Style:Each fill is compared to EBBO and based on this an assessment
is made of whether the trade was aggressive (paying the spread), passive (capturing
the spread) or mid (capturing some of the spread). A breakdown is then shown of
the relative percentages of each type of trade. 

Venue Types:A breakdown based on whether each fill is traded on a Primary
Exchange, and MTF or'Other'. 'Other' may mean dark pools, crossing networks or any
other venue that is not a Regulated Exchange or MTF. 

Venues Traded:A breakdown of the percentage of fills that are executed on
each trading venue. The graph on the right will show one of four things:

The total value traded each day.

A breakdown of orders based on the size of order.

A breakdown of all orders based on the country of the stock traded (first two characters
of the ISIN code).

A breakdown of all orders based on the Portfolio Manager associated with the order.

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Performance Summary Section

The table on the left shows overall order performance versus a number of benchmarks
(some or all may be shown). The table always shows overall average improvement (shortfall)
in basis points (BPS) versus each benchmark. It also shows either a breakdown of
that performance by buy/sell orders or the standard deviation of individual benchmark
performances. The benchmarks available are: 

Market VWAP First/Last Benchmark is the VWAP price of all public trades on
all venues (including MTF/Dark) over the period of the order.

Primary VWAP First/Last Benchmark is the VWAP price of all public trades
on the primary listing exchange over the period of the order.

Market Daily VWAP Benchmark is the VWAP price of all public trades on all
venues (including MTF/Dark) on all complete trading days of the order.

Primary DailyVWAP Benchmark is the VWAP price of all public trades on the
primary listing venue on all complete trading days of the order.

Arrival (mid) Benchmark is the mid price on the primary exchange at the 'Arrival
Time' of the order. This is often referred to as 'ImplementationShortfall'.

Arrival (touch) Benchmark is the touch price (bid for a sell order, offer
for a buy order) on the primary exchange at the 'Arrival Time' of the order.

First Fill (Mid) Benchmark is the mid price on the primary exchange at the
time the First Fill of the order is executed.

Opening Price Benchmark is the opening price on the primary exchange on the
first day of the order. 

Closing Price Benchmark is the day's closing price on the primary exchange
on the last day of the order.

Below this there is a summary performance and standard deviation for the principal
benchmark metric(this is chosen at report level).The graph on the right shows the
daily performances of orders versus the principal report benchmark. The solid rectangles
show the mean benchmark performance in basis points (BPS) for that day coloured
blue for an improvement and red for a shortfall. The thin vertical lines show 1
standard deviation above and below the mean and give an indication of the variation
in order performance day by day.

Aggregate Performance Breakdown Tables

These tables summarise trading activity and performance split by different characteristics
of the order such as order side (buy/sell), order size, instrument traded, country
traded, etc. Note that orders for which benchmark prices are not available, for
instance in the case of a VWAP order that executes instantaneously are excluded.
Each table has the same structure with the following table columns [not all will
appear in all reports].

Aggregate : The first column shows the ‘value’ for which orders are being
aggregated in each row. It is different for each table shown.

# Orders : The number of orders for this row of data.

Value(CCY) : The total value traded for the orders in this row of data.

Val(%) : The percentage of value traded for the orders in this row versus
the overall order volume.

Perf v. [Primary Benchmark] : Average order performance for this row versus
the Primary Benchmark in basis points (BPS).

Perf v. [Secondary Benchmark] : Average order performance for this row versus
the Secondary Benchmark in basis points (BPS).

SD (BPS) : Standard deviation of order performance for this row versus the
Secondary Benchmark in basis points (BPS).

Avg Dur. : The average duration from First Fill Time to Last Fill Time for
orders in this row.

Avg Ord Size : The average size of orders in this row.

Avg Fill Size : The average size of fills in this row.

Ord/Fill Ratio : The average number of fills per order in this row.

%Trad Agg : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded aggressively
(full EBBO spread was paid).

%Trad Pas : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded passively
(full EBBO spread was captured).

%Trad Mid : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded at mid prices
(part of the EBBO spread was captured).

%Trad Prim : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded on a Primary
Listing exchange.

%Trad MTF : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded on an MTF.

%Trad Other : The percentage of fills in this row that were traded on a venue
that is not a Regulated Exchange or an MTF. 

SC (%) : The average Spread Capture in % achieved over all fills in this
row. Spread capture of0.0% indicates that the fill occurred at aggressive EBBO price,
a spread capture of 50.0% indicates an EBBO mid point match and a spread capture
of 100.0% indicates a fill occurred at passive EBBO price. Maximum values of +/-200%
are shown.

Spread (depth) : The average on-book spread in BPS over all fills in this
row. The spread is weighted by fill volume, i.e. the order book is matched down.

Imp (BPS) : The average amount (in basis points) that each fill improved
on the price that would be achieved by sending a single aggressive order to the
best venue at the time of the fill. A blue number represents an improvement a red
one represents a shortfall.

SOR Shortfall : The overall amount (in basis points) that fills could have
been improved where a better price was possible by sending an aggressive order to
a lit venue.

Best/ Worst / Largest Orders Tables

These tables provide a list of the best / worst / largest orders in the reporting
period.
Each table has the same structure with the following table columns [not all will
appear in all reports]. 

Time : The 'Arrival Time' of the order.

Buy/Sell : Shows if the order was a buy (B) or sell (S).

Instrument : The instrument traded.

Volume : Total Volume (number of shares) of the order.

Value(CCY) : The total value traded (based on fills).

% Filled : The percentage of the original order size that was filled.

#Fills : The number of fills.

Duration : The total time between the First Fill and the Last Fill of the
order.

%Part : The average market participation rate for the order between First
Fill Time and Last Fill Time. A maximum value of 100% is shown.

Price Achieved : The average price achieved by the order.

[Benchmark] : The benchmark price for the order. The benchmark type shown
is based on the Primary Benchmark chosen for the report.

(BPS) : Improvement
(blue) or shortfall (red) in basis points of the achieved order price versus the
benchmark price.

SC% : The average spread capture in % of all fills of
the order versus EBBO prices. Maximum values of +/-200% are shown.

Spread : The average spread on the primary market at the time of each fill
of the order. The value is shown in basis points (BPS).

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